Execution date set for
Steven Van McHone

RALEIGH -
Correction Secretary Theodis Beck has set Nov. 11, 2005
as the execution date for inmate Steven Van McHone. The execution is
scheduled for 2 a.m. at Central Prison in Raleigh.

McHone,
35, was sentenced to death March 7, 1991 in Surry County Superior Court for
the June 1990 murders of Mildred Johnson Adams and Wesley Dalton Adams Sr.

Central Prison Warden Marvin
Polk will explain the execution procedures during a media tour scheduled for
Monday, November 7 at 10:00 a.m. Interested media representatives should
arrive at Central Prison’s visitor center promptly at 10:00 a.m. on the tour
date. The session will last approximately one hour.

The media tour will be the
only opportunity to photograph the execution chamber and deathwatch area
before the execution. Journalists who plan to attend the tour should contact
the Department of Correction Public Affairs Office at (919) 716-3700 by 5:00
p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4.

ATTENTION EDITORS: A photo of Steven Van McHone (#0270047) can be obtained by
using the "Offender Search" function on the Department of Correction Web site
at www.doc.state.nc.us. For more information about the death penalty,
including selection of witnesses, click on “The Death Penalty” link.